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Teen Accidents - Defensive Driving Class - WWJ-TV CBS Eye on Detroit
by Puton The Brakes Puton The BrakesWhen NHRA drag racing star
Doug Herbert lost his two young sons, Jon and James, in a tragic car crash in
January of 2008, his grief led to his resolve to create a driving program which
would help to prevent teen accidents and other families from experiencing similar heartbreak by
teaching young drivers more conscientious and confident skills behind the
wheel.
Herbert wasted no time in
putting his mission into motion. Originally, Herbert’s intentions were to train
his sons friends and to give them additional advanced behind the wheel skills
and increase their decision-making ability in a vehicle.
In 2008, the first year of
B.R.A.K.E.S., Doug focused on training Jon & James's friends and 50 teens
were trained. The word soon spread and requests came to Herbert from hundreds
of other parents wanting this same type of life saving training for their teen
drivers, so Herbert made the decision to expand the program with the new goal
of training every teen driver.
With the help of Jon &
James's friends, he created B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible and Keep Everyone
Safe), a 501(c)3 organization which provides free advanced driver’s education
in a program entitled the B.R.A.K.E.S. Teen Pro-Active Driving Curriculum.
Thousands of teenagers lose their lives each year across the country in traffic
collisions.
This staggering number of
fatalities can be reduced through the efforts of B.R.A.K.E.S. and its Teen
Pro-Active Driving Curriculum.
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